Went on a casual drive today and stopped at north side mitsubishi to book a service appointment for the 78'000km service (consisting of an oil and filter change).
The service rep advised that it would be 512 dollars, due to the mechanics adding a pH balancing thing to the coolant, checking the spark plugs and the brakes for wear, blah blah...
After a brief discussion about what the 78'000km service consists of as per the maintenance manual, I was informed that some of the things listed on the piece of paper he showed me I "didnt need anyway". I couldnt help it but responded with a "i dont need any of em".

But wow... now for only an oil and filter change they are charging me 61 bucks. Still, a bit on the high side, but whatever.

 

What was on the list?

 

just various things like check sparkplugs, brakes, coolant, etc...

 

Pffff

Thus why i do all things myself.

 

wow.........

if a shop did that to me, i would find a new shop. I wouldn't wanna deal with shadey people.

 

i hope you didn't say ok to that

 

skdjf

 

Changing whole cooling fluid, using approved coolant and distillated water : 40$ MAX
Changing spark plugs to platinum's : 100$ MAX
Changing all pads : 100$ MAX

Getting ripped off : Priceless!

 

thats if you do it yourself...
if ur at a shop add at least $100 to each of those for labor..
still even for full synthetic and one of those high mileage filter i wouldnt pay $60 for an oil change...

 

+1 my oil changes are like $30 with the mobile 1 oil + filter special at advance.
its all full synthetic too.

my timing belt change is the only thing im having a shop do for me. i just dont have the time to do it, and the labor is really cheap.

everything else ill do myself. that way you can learn a bit more about your car and how it all works.
-Flip

 

Even at quick lubes an oil change will cost around 50 bucks, so another 10 bucks is ok. plus they usually spray off my car when I bring it in dirty. if i had a garage id do it myself, but I don't, so I'm not. I'm not a fan of laying in the mud and snow.
What I'm trying to point out is how they are turning a simple oil change into a 3 hour service. The sad part is that most people would just agree to that nonsense and get raped royally.

 

they allways try to pull that on me, thats why i did all the work on my car.

 

how often do the spark plug/coil packs need tobe changed? im thinking of getting new plugs. we use the iridium sparkplugs right? would going to platinum be a downgrade?

 

I think it's at 30, 60, and 90k service. I'm going to replace mine at my 90k service, didn't do it at 60k.

 

i believe spark plugs are recommended at around 30k i believe and the coil packs dont need to be replaced at all unless theygo bad....then ull know by a misfire..